The Rocking Chair Lyrics & Chords By Dale Ann Bradley

Dale Ann Bradley
Cumberland River Dreams
The Rockin' Chair
It isn't much to look at
Standing by the fireplace
Down the hall from my room
Where I can always see
The arms are worn, the seat is frey
Seems it's always been that way
That rockin' chair, that's as old as me
Daddy carved the arms from solid oak
And made a cane bottom seat
You know he gave it to my momma
On the day that I was born
He said he was so proud to have a child
And I would always be the one
To help momma if he were ever gone.
You know I heard my momma
Sing her songs
As she rocked her babies
One by one
In that chair that was as old as me
And I heard her praying every night
Lord give me strength to raise 'em right
She had the strength
Just like that old oak tree
That made the rockin' chair
That was as old as me
Sometimes when I was asleep
I'd wake to hear those runners creak
On that hard wood floor
While momma would sing alone
And as a child it always eased my mind
To hear momma sing in time
After her working day was done.
Well I heard her laugh, I heard her cry
On the day that my daddy died
She rocked in that chair
Her rocked there all alone
And when I ran to her with open arms
She said no, don't you be alarmed
Cus daddy gave us the strength
To carry on
You see your daddy picked
That big oak tree
When he found out you were a part of me
Oh he's left us something special
He'd want us to believe
And even though he's not around
We can draw our strength
Up through the ground
Just like he did
When he turned that old oak tree
Into this rockin' chair
He made for you and me
Well mom and me, we got by
And when times were hard
We'd always try to
Remember what dad could always see
And now I have a family of my own
And I told them just how I've grown
From this rockin' chair
That's as old as me
I can still hear momma
Sing her songs
As I rock my babies
One by one
In this chair that's as old as me
And I'm still praying every night
Lord give me strength to raise 'em right
Like you did when you turned
That old oak tree
Into this rockin' chair
That's as old as me
Oh this rockin' chair will always be
A part of me